sunday. >> . >> 16 afghan civilians are dead. witnesses describing a nighttime massacre blamed on a u.s. soldier. could this put our troops in even more danger? in moments, a pentagon spokesman joins us live. i'm harris falkner, this is the fox report. >> an american in uniform accused of going door-to-door, killing families in their homes in afghanistan. now, reactions coming in from topple military brass to the white house and in that war zone suspicious is reaching an all-time high and the hunt is on for votes and delegates in the south. after a race for the republican nomination, tonight, game on as a new round of political contests gets tighter and tougher. >> plus, star chase and it's dark out.

and they always try to get away, hey, dude, you know how this is going to end. whoa, we'll let the rest of the tape roll. >> we begin tonight with a deeping this crisis in afghanistan. officials there saying, united states soldiers shot and killed 16 civilians, several of them women and children. afghan president karzai called it an intentional killing and assassination of innocent people and the white house and pentagon condemning the attack and leaders from both governments looking for answers. the attack happened in two villages near a u.s. base in southern kandahar province, an american man in uniform walked into three different homes and opened fire before apparently returning to the base and turning himself in. >> according to a statement from the afghan president, one teenager claims the soldier woke up his entire family and began shooting. n.a.t.o. officials saying they now have the suspect in custody. and at this point, it's still unclear what sparked the attack, but foreign policy

experts say one thing is certain, this could not have happened at a worse time. you may recall last month afghan workers say they found burned muslim holy books at another n.a.t.o. base. and word trig aring attacks that killed six n.a.t.o. service members, four of them americans, and president obama and members of the military apologized calling the incident unintentional. as recently as friday, tensions over that book burning seemed to have cooled off just a bit, as the obama having says it was considering transferring five leaders. to qatar. the thought that it might possibly be an incentive for the taliban to enter peace talks and washington has not yet agreed to that plan and some in congress oppose it it. a short time ago, the white house, where we're seeing this photograph, of mr. obama calling afghan president karzai and president obama

saying i offer my condolences for the families after loved ones for those who lost their lives and to the people of afghanistan who have endured too much violence and suffering and this incident is tragic and shocking and does not represent the care of our military and the respect the united states has for the people of afghanistan. joining us now pentagon spokesman captain john kirby. good to have you tonight. >> thanks for having me on, i appreciate it. >> some reports now have some details coming out about the man arrested. they say he's from fort lewis, washington. what can you share about the man in custody. >> unfortunately i'm not going to be able to get into too much detail of myself. and he's investigated right now in a secure location, he's an american soldier and that he was acting alone. >> all right, i do know at least from some reports that this man has family here in the united states, married with two children. what is happened?

you says' interrogated right now. a few hours ago, there was a warning about all americans in afghanistan and wondering what is being done left to protect those left behind. and putting together troops and contractors and civilians. >> we have quite a presence in afghanistan right now and we always try to be vigilent and mindful of production, on a daily basis there in afghanistan and the military has not been put on any special alert today or this evening, as a result of this. regional commanders have asked that their discretion of the ability to do what they need to do to protect themselves. they haven't taken any extra measures as a result of this. general allen made it clear to his commanders this morning in the wake of this very tragic incident that he wants them to continue engaging with the population, with the afghan national security forces. the mission it wasn't changed and our focus of being out and about in the population hasn't changed. >> i'm glad you brought that

up. part of the mission, we hear that. win the hearts and minds of the people in afghanistan. how much does the latest tragedy compromise our ability to achieve. it to prevent afghanistan from being a safe haven from terrorists again and we believe we've made great progress. it's been a success story for us in terms. strategy. so, i think, i think we're moving ahead in a very positive way and it's important as tragic as this incident it, and it is tragic, it would be more tragic for us to let this derail us from the largest strategy from the mission in afghanistan. >> what's our relationship with afghanistan now. the leaders and the people? >> actually, it's been quite good. i mean, from very low he level with the afghan national security forces and provincial

court to president karzai. in spite of recent violence we've seen in the last six, seven weeks, i mean, evidence in fact by the memorandum of understanding signed just this weekend between the karzai administration and isap. over the full afghan control in six months. >> i want to get back to the suspect who is in custody after the tragedy in afghanistan. and what happens next after the interrogation? >> well, they're interviewing him, as we speak, and they're going to-- they've been on the site for most of the day collecting evidence and we need to let this investigation proceed and general allen, and promised president karzai in his call that it would be a thorough, but a rapid investigation and they're working hard and i don't think we want to get in the process to second guess where it ends up. and let the facts and evidence

take us wherever they need to take us and figure out exactly what happened. what the motivation was here and hold the individual responsible, accountability through u.s. law. >> captain, i've been reading today that some of the civilians and citizens there say they don't believe that just one person is involved in this and there may have been one soldier. what can you tell bus that? >> i can tell you that we're confident that there was just one individual acting alone and one of the reasons that we know that is because, when it was noted that the individual left the outpost and it was noted and reported up the chain of command and they did the right thing, and took accounting of everything they had at the out post and where everything was. and that's how we know that there's only one individual involved. >> before i let you go, bottom line, many americans watching and wondering whether the shooting speeds up the ximent time line from afghanistan. and you didn't think that the strategy would change, but

what about the time line for pulling out? >> there's been no change to any of the time lines that we're on right now. the-- the no talk accelerating or the other the components of the strategy. the mission continues. the recovery of our search by the end of the summer and frankly, the kind of work that he expects, that the nation expects us to do on the ground with our afghan partners every day. >> what about keeping us apprise of what's happening with the ensuing investigation in afghanistan. when you give up the updates, how much do you think we'll learn about that? >> again, we want them to do their job and do that without extra pressures externally, to the degree that we can keep people in and informed we certainly will. >> all right. captain john kirby, joining us tonight. a pentagon spokesperson, thank you for joining us.

>> thank you for having me. . >> fox news is america's election headquarters and tonight, the campaign trail itself, ahead of two key primaries, tuesday in alabama and mississippi, polls showing a tight race, and shows mitt romney holding a slight edge ov over newt gingrich and he remains confident about his chances saying that conservative voters will help him win and eventually capture the nomination. >> and folks in mississippi and alabama with the values and present the best contrast for president obama and thing changes, but i think the people here in the south would like to see. >> harris: fox news correspondent steve centanni following the candidates and the news has the latest tonight in washington. steve. >> reporter: harris, both newt gingrich and santorum

taking aim at mol, saying he's the weakest-- >> and he's a front runner, but not a strong front runner, the base of the party. i think we had he' likely to see after the last primary in june, likely to see a 60 day conversation about what's going to happen than we are to see romney dominating. >> romney, is clearly leading in fund raising and delegate count even though he's struggling to nail down the nomination. rick santorum campaigned in tupelo, mississippi and he's several points down in the polls and pushed back against romney campaign officials and claimed he can't secure delegates and enough primaries to win the nomination, and santorum doesn't buy that. >> the establishment is trying to force a moderate republican from massachusetts down the

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and that is when refineries typically switch over to more expensive gas blends and we're expecting new numbers this week on retail and auto sales that should give us an idea how americans are reacting to higher prices at the pump. senior business correspondent brenda buttner. >> harris, prices don't just hit you at the pump. not only how much it takes to fill your tank, but the big number out friday to consumer prices what, it takes to fill a basket of goods and economists expect inflation to jump because of oil and gas prices. the index rising at a pace not seen in under a year. outside of food and energy though, inflation predictions rather tame. the fed which also likely to say that inflation will remain weak. and even autumn sales, the sales of stocks, well, despite a strong rally this year, many

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>> freedom, free for two inmates who managed to escape from a jail in louisiana.

22-year-old kevin, and 30-year-old tony jackson escaped from the lafayette correctional facility after overpowering a pair of deputies and one was even dressed in a sheriff's uniform when he busted out. how did he do that. they didn't make it far, caught hours later. >> and just several miles from downtown lafayette, and still, unknown at this point what their mode of transportation was, did they walk in? we don't know. we look at what failed. and certainly, that's not something that we're going to answer this morning, we don't have all the answers, but certainly it will be looked into and we'll see what modifications need to be made. >> listen to how he got the uniform. two were in jail. one held for murder and the other for carjacking and aggravated escape. takes a long time to rebuild from the devastating tsunami

that hit northeast japan a year ago. officials saying 3,000 still unaccount canned for this day. and throughout japan cities are holding memorials. and the country observed a minute of ielts at 2:46 p.m. the time that the earthquake struck. a resort town from northeast japan, david, that place i remember was destroyed by last year's tsunami. >> hi, harris, yeah, i'm standing in the town, and this was a thriving fishing port of about 20,000 people, but when that 52 foot wall of water came hurtling down the valley here, it just about obliterated the town and very few buildings still standing and there are shells of buildings. and nearly 9 4rs people died here and many more would have died if it it wasn't for one 24-year-old lady, she remained at her post, calling ott

tsunami warnings and people were able to escape to the the nearby hills. now, a shrine has now been built temporarily, at where she was swept away and people have been gathering here today, to pay their respects. >> why we saw it. he had many years ahead of them and they'll never live. >> and my boss the head of the fire department swept away from the tsunami and i come here one year later. >> harris, at this hospital behind me, you can see it's completely smashed up and people working here, and trying to get the patient up to the fourth floor to escape that wall of water, but many parished. >> you had the translations and we almost didn't need

them. you could see the pain registering on their faces. >> david piper, thank you. >> sparks and degas canniste cannisters, two thoughts as we go around the world in 80 seconds. peru. two neighborhoods in the capital city reduced to ashes after a huge fire destroys more than 500 homes displace, 500 people. battling the flames for hours which was tough, there's no running water for electricity in the area. >> bahrain a huge rally at the funeral of a fellow protesters killed with clashes with police. riot squads unleashing tear gas and saying nearly 30 people have died in similar clashes, and the u.s. navy in

this country. >> and venezuela, flags and dancing to show support for hugo chavez as he battles cancer. recovering from surgery in cuba where he's receiving treatment and plans to seek another six year term in the fall. >> brazil. prince harry's latin american tour making another stop. this time the cricket, and they're looking on and harley is in the newly renovated area of rio de janeiro. ole', this is a wrap on the the trip around the world in 80 seconds. the acrossing the country, president obama ready to roll out the strategy for getting women the vote, for him. and a marine and the dog she

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news. and reacting to it a deadly attack civilians in afghanistan. the u.s. military officials saying they have an american soldier in custody an army staff sergeant from the state of washington. before turning himself into authorities at the base and i spoke with pentagon spokesperson at the fox reporter a few minutes ago. >> we were confident that this was one individual acting alone and i can tell you one of the reasons we know that. when it was noticed they left the outpost and noticed and reported up the chain of command. command did the right thing and took a tally of everybody at the house post and knew where everybody was and only one person and that's how we know there was only one individual involved. >> president obama reaching out today to the counterpart in afghanistan to express condolences and saying that the u.s. will work quickly to hold fully accountable,

anybody. >> and connell powell has more from afghanistan. >> there were nine children and three women, and several others were injured as well during the the shooting and according to the u.s. officials, sometime around 3 a.m., a u.s. soldier walked off his base in kandahar and went about 500 or so meters into a local village and entered afghan homes and as many as three afghan homes and shooting civilians there in all of the houses and then returned to his base, just a few shorts feet away from where he shot afghan civilians and then arrested by u.s. and afghan officials and he is now in u.s. custody. it's not clear what prompted this attack us officials say they're still investigating, but they say this was the only individual involved in in shooting. now, this incident comes as negotiations for a long-term

partnership are in the works for the united states and afghanistan and with all the anti-american sentiment, and now this, it seems unlikely that any agreement between the united states and afghan government will be reached soon. there is such distrust and anger between the two sides and because of incidents like this, that's just been growing and growing and growing, and it has really spoiled the afghan relationship with the united states, and u.s. officials are working very hard to try to repair that relationship, but as long as incidents like this continue to happen, that relationship will continue to be strained, harris. >> all right. connor powell, thank you very much. the shooting tragedy follows weeks of deadly violence in afghanistan, comes in the wake of the burning of the muslim holy books and the n.a.t.o. base. protesters killed 30 people among them. president obama apologizing to afghan's president and calling it mistake, saying they were

taken off detention, the koran books because they were believed to contain extremist messages and in response the taliban called for revenge against the important troops. >> turning to fliks now, women were a big factor, why then senator barack obama won the presley back in 2008 and now the president launching a new effort to woo women voters once again and the campaign mailing out of key battle grounds and focusing on health care reform, our peter doocy looking the into it from washington. >> in 2008 a majority of women voted for then senator obamaen helped him win the white house. the two years later. voters broke for republicans and tried to stop the g.o.p. from going on a roll with the ladies, the obama campaign is going to send out 1 million pieces of mail tomorrow to moms, young women and older women and on friday, we got a

taste of the president's new pitch to them. >> women's deserve a equal day's pay for an equal day's work. >> our daughters should be treated just the same and have the same opportunities as our sons. >> the obama campaign is also getting help from nurses, banding together to form nurses for obama and their job is to help the campaign convince women that the president's health care law which turns two on march 23rd was a good idea and that his positions on couldncontraceptiv birth control are for them as well. mississippi governor says down in his neck of the woods ahead of the g.o.p. primary the winner with women will be romney. >> governor romney has a great favorability rating with women and i think a southern female professional woman is going to say, that's who i want to vote for. >> a campaign official tells us the women won't be

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leads the n.y.p.d. horrific death and destruction averted and america's cities replains the target of choice. and the new york police department is at the forefront of the anti-terrorist effort at the command of ray kelly. and new york city's police commissioner kelly is a life long new yorker, he grew up. the son of a milk man and a macy's dress checker. and he began his long and storied career in law enforcement. three years later he accepted a commission to the united states marine corps and in 1965, he was among the first u.s. troops deployed to vietnam. for 12 months, then lieutenant kelly demanded troops the at the second battalion, first marines and when he returned to work, he quickly passed the

n.y.p.d. example to become a sergeant. while serving in more than 20 commands, the ambitious young cop found time to earn law degrees, from new york university and st. john's university and a master's from the kennedy school at harvard. hard work paid off. on october 16th, 1992. 32 years after he joined the force, kelly was appointed commission are by mayor dinkens. >> and he was tested when an islamic based radical group bombed the world trade centeren six people were killed and signaled the beginning of new york city as a primary target of violent islamic terrorism in the country. leaving office when rudy guiliani was elected mayor in 1994, he went on to senior of at the u.s. treasury, customs and u.s. international efforts in haiti. in the aftermath of 9/11,

again targeted the world trade center, michael bloomberg was elected the mayor in 2002. appointed kelly once again to police commissioner making him the only person to serve two terms in the command. ten years after 9/11 with its scars still visible, commissioner kelly and all of the men and women of the n.y.p.d. have the the tremendous task of preventing future attacks, to do so, the n.y.p.d. had a counterterrorism unit unlike any in the world. in new york, alisyn camerota. fox news. >> harris: as our nation ends one war overseas and prepares to wind down another. new questions whether or where to send our soldiers for medical treatment when they get home. a live report on that coming up. a historic navel ship departs our shores for the final mission. and the same as mav and goose

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deployment. leaving ports in virginia for a seven month mission to the middle east. u.s. navy commissioned the ship in 1961, only supposed to run for 25 years, it's been in service for 51. and it's 50 years of the carrier and i'm on it. and probably going to get it somewhere. >> and this is business as issue, and this will be a combat deployment just as the other 21 deployments have been prior to. >> 51 years at the end of this year, and the enterprise the navy's second oldest in commission next to the u.s.s. constitution that dates back to the 1700, for our injured soldiers returning from the month lines, on the road to recovery, more than 150 hospitals treat more than 6 million people each year and the department of veterans affairs, predicts that number will skyrocket this year.

and so, what is the va doing to handle the increase? casey stegall looking into it for us. casey? >> yeah, harris, the demand has never been greater, so a lot of changes are now being made to the system to ensure that our heroes do not slip through the cracks. >> for veterans who served our country, some find a whole new set of problems when he they return from the battle field. and coming back, it's like coming back from the dead. >> and most of them turn to the va for help and department of veterans affairs now provides more than just medical care these days. >> and we offer service, we offer family service, offer marital services. >> the va has its work cut out for them. because of the withdrawal in iraq and scale back of forces in afghanistan, the department has become inundated and

93,000 troops will enroll this season along. 183% increase from five years ago. >> we see approximately five to ten new iraqi afghanistan veterans oofr day. >> to prepare for the surge, the va increased staffing nationally by 24% and new post deployment clinics are being opened. >> these are special clinics designed around the returning come back veterans where the veteran is at the center of care. >> now, the va has been criticized in the past, things like very long waiting lists just for people to be scene by a doctor or other medical professional. but the officials that we've talked to, assert that with the new staffing and the new clinics, opened, the service will dramatically improve and it has to, harris, with all of those people returning home. >> absolutely. casey stegall. thank you very much. >> well, it's that magical time of the year. and march madness, we'll tell you who is sitting at the top

of the pack of college basketball teams playing for the ncaa basketball title. along with march madness, there's manning madness. he's possibly the biggest free agent in nfl history. where is payton going to play? lots of rumors, maybe the jets in new york, maybe arizona, it's sunday, and fox spor sports.com, peter is next. i habe a cohd. i toog nyguil bud i'm stild stubbed up. [ male announcer ] truth is, nyquil doesn't un-stuff your nose. really? [ male announcer ] alka-seltzer plus liquid gels fights your worst cold symptoms, plus it relieves your stuffy nose. [ deep breath ] thank you! that's the cold truth!

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my kansas jayhawks is not. three of the four times did not win their conference tournaments, but enough, and strong enough to get the number one seeds, and ranked 1, 2, 3, 4, and in their effective regions, tomorrow, you're going to be in your cubical and have a blank sheet of paper, yeah, go with your gut and pick who you want. >> you know, i picked kansas and they lost last week and i like when they lose early, and get tough. >> i like ohio state this year and they're a two seed and i think they've got the best name in the country not named anthony davis and i think they will he' dump it into this guy and he no one is talking about the buckeyes, and they didn't win the big ten tournament and lost to michigan state and that's good. like you said. this will he' be doing just fine. >> peyton manning, everybody is talking about this. i've got relatives in arizona and not that they're my

sources on everything, and this is like brad and angelina having lunch. the paparazzi was out there. the media stakeout and they met with lawyer i fitzgerald, star wide receiver. arizona cardinals and supposed to be in australia and canceled the trip it meet with peyton manning. >> harris: they're going to need more than one receiver. can they afford him? >> they'll have to release their quarterback and gave him a new contract. and peyton manning, wants the team. >> and new york jets? note to jets, they resigned mark sanchez, to a three-year deal and a lot of confusion and people scratching their heads and peyton met with the denver bronco and now talk that the tennessee titans came out and said we want peyton manning and he went to school

there. . >> harris: okay, nascar. >> tone stewart won the race and aggressive at the end. the first win of the season and nascar is going and march madness and manning madness, and the races. >> that was a nice win. good to see you. >> great to see you. bracketology, thank you. and let's move forward, and the big stories coming up this week. voters in alabama and mississippi headed to the polls on tuesday for g.o.p. primaries and mitt romney and newt gingrich in particular have been campaigning hard in the state and welcoming david cameron oon his wife. the president expected to take mr. cameron to ohio for a ncaa tournament game and tomorrow a key hearing for penn state assistant coach jerry

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